A bizarre traffic accident is drawing close comparison to a Roadrunner cartoon after a motorist slammed into a mural that closely resembled a tunnel entrance.
The single-vehicle crash happened in Glasgow, Scotland earlier this week, with images circulating online showing the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Police Scotland attending the site.
In a scene that feels totally ripped from Looney Tunes, there is speculation that a driver may have mistaken a mural with two large eyes painted on the wall, with dark pupils, for a genuine entrance.
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The incident also occurred on a stretch of road that leads to the A739 Clyde Tunnel Southern Approach slip.
Reddit users were quick to pile on, with some joking the crash looked like viral marketing for Coyote vs. Acme, a film inspired by the classic cartoon franchise.
“It finally happened, a Loony Tunes accident in Glasgow, I was sure it was going to be between an Anvil or a Fireworks Explosion,” one Reddit user said.
“Literally just saw a Twitter post about this saying how funny it would be if someone crashed into it thinking it was a tunnel lol,” another user remarked, noting the eerie timing of the accident.
Local first responders confirmed a man had been taken to hospital for treatment.
According to The Scottish Sun, a Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 2.30pm on Sunday, 3 May, 2026, we were called to a report of a one-vehicle crash in the Shieldhall Road area of Glasgow.
“Emergency services attended and a man attended hospital for treatment.”
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We were alerted at 2.37pm on Sunday, 3 May, to reports of a road traffic collision involving one car, which crashed into a wall on Shieldhall Road, Glasgow.
“Operations Control mobilised two fire appliances to the scene to assist emergency service partners.
“Firefighters left at 3.12pm after ensuring the area was safe.”
While there is still no evidence to suggest the graffiti played any part in the crash in Scotland, the Roadrunner test has already proven to be a nightmare for self-driving cars.
In 2025, Elon Musk was criticised for failing the ‘Roadrunner’ test after a Tesla Model Y smashed through a fake wall inspired by the RoadRunner cartoons.
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In an experiment conducted by prominent NASA Engineer and YouTuber Mark Rober, a Tesla Model Y on Autopilot slammed straight through a fake wall disguised with a hyper-realistic painting of the road.
Tesla used cameras rather than LIDAR during testing, leading many to accuse Rober of creating a misleading video.
The Tesla was also put against a prototype Lexus fitted with an expensive LIDAR scanner, which accurately recognised the wall and stopped in time.
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LIDAR sensors do not need to rely on shapes and colours to see the environment. Instead, it fires laser beams to measure how long it takes the signal to bounce off an object back to the car, giving a better sense of the surrounding environment.
